Tlie response on part of the men is equivalent to long-drawn : 



He e o. He e o, He-e o; 



the /?' and un, above, and the o, below, sounding like sobs. 

 Seeds of the Cycasi media^' are collected, and stored in water 

 for three days, when the mourners congregate and feast upon 

 them. 



After the body has been interred a sign-post is erected 

 at some distance from the mound upon which the spear- 

 thrower of the deceased is stuck into the ground. It consists 

 of an upright pole.f to the top of which a bundle of grass is 

 fixed; just beneath it is fastened a cross-piece, projecting to 

 unequal lengths on either side, round each end of which is 

 wrapped a bundle of grass; the whole resembling in appear- 

 ance a scarecrow with outstretched arms. The longer of these 

 horizontal arms has inserted into it a rod which points 

 directly to the site of the grave. Suspended from the end 

 of the opposite arm are feathers or paper-bark, in such a way 

 that they swing in the wind, and so serve to attract the atten- 

 tion of passers-by, who can recognize the spot, and pay their 

 respects to the departed. In the meantime the main camp 

 has removed from the locality. 



During the mourning ceremony the spears of the de- 

 ceased are placed across a frame, consisting of two branches 

 of trees resting in the forks of two pairs of upright stemiS 

 driven in the ground. 



In the MuUul--MulJii1{, when a man dies outside his 

 tribal country he is buried immediately. A circular space 



is cleared for a radius of about 

 eight feet, in the centre of 

 which the dece^ised is interred. 

 Over this a mound of earth is 

 made, which is covered with 

 sheets of paper-bark, kept in 

 place by three or four flexible 

 wands stuck into the ground at 

 their ends, and passing over the 

 mound transversely to its 

 length. Stones are laid along 

 and one or two upon the mound. 



rr::7.r^.-\/'-A^, 



Fisf. 1. 



the border of the grave. 

 See fig. 1. 



* Foel^^che mentions the eating of yams during the maiirn- 

 ins; ceremony of children: Tran^. Rov. Soc, S.A., vol. v.. 1882, 

 p. 5. 



t Similar, no donht, to the painted pole described bv Foel- 

 sche: Trans. Rov. Soc. S.A., vol. v.. 1882. n. 5. 



